Dubai: South Africa will be aiming to carry the winning momentum from their ODI series into the threeTest series against New Zealand, starting in Dunedin on Wednesday, as that will earn them the status of the No. 1 Testranked side in the world in the ICC Test Championship table.
If South...

Wellington: New Zealand will give South Africanborn wicketkeeper Kruger van Wyk his Test debut against the Proteas on Wednesday after a hip injury sidelined regular gloveman BJ Watling.
Black Caps physiotherapist Paul Close said a problem with Watling's right hip joint meant he was unable to play in the first Test...

Dunedin: South Africa will press their claim to the No. 1 Test ranking when they begin a threematch series against New Zealand from Wednesday.
Ranked No. 2 behind England, South Africa have already demonstrated their superiority over eighthranked New Zealand in shorter formats, winning the Twenty20 series 21 and the oneday...

New Delhi: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar disapproved of young batsman Virat Kohli swearing at the Australian players after scoring a century in the final Test at Adelaide on Thursday, saying it was like having a "school kid" temperament.
Kohli had a wild celebration after reaching his century, using the choicest...

Most people in India will be keeping their fingers crossed for an Indian win against New Zealand in the Test match at Napier this week. However, at least one gentleman in India is counting on a Kiwi comeback and he is the High Commissioner of New Zealand in India Rupert...

Lahore: The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan on Tuesday bore the hallmarks of the same militants that carried out the attack on Mumbai in November, a senior Pakistan official said on Tuesday.
Around dozen heavily armed assailants attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team's bus and a police...

Mumbai/Bhubaneshwar: Terror strikes in the commercial capital of India have left cricket's superpower bleeding as England have abandoned their oneday series.
England's cricket team has called off the remaining two games.
Even the showbiz Champions League T20 has been postponed, raising a huge question mark over international sports events in the...

New Delhi: The Australian cricketers may be shouting from the rooftop about 'alleged' racism against them in India during their current cricket tour, but back home their own authorities are pointing fingers at them for widespread racial abuse on the sporting field.
A survey done by the Human Rights and Equal...